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- the present invention relates to techniques of sending messages, and in particular relates to a device and a method for sending the messages to a receiving device that scrolls through messages in an area for displaying the messages such that the messages can be viewed.
- instant messengers for terminal devices such as mobile devices, exchanging messages with each other are widely used.
- a terminal device to which it is sent immediately receives this message in general.
- the terminal device that has received the message automatically performing scrolling such that the end of this message is positioned at the bottom of a display area. It enables a user to read the newest message.
- Patent Literature 1 discloses that a software bot replies a response message corresponding to a message sent from a user.
- Patent Literature 1 JP 2014-225268 A
- the instant messengers are often used to send relative shorter message, they can be also used to send longer messages.
- a message is longer than that can be displayed in a size of a display area of a terminal device on the receiving side, it can only display a part of the message at once. Therefore, a user has to manually scroll through the message to read the received message from the beginning.
- the present invention is provided in view of the forgoing points and an object of the present invention is to provide a sending device, a sending method, and sending program that send a message such that a user can see the whole of the message at a terminal on the receiving side without manual scrolling.
- the invention according to claim 1 is a sending device for sending a message to a receiving device that automatically performs scrolling such that at least the end of a new message is positioned in a display area when receiving the message, the sending device comprising: a dividing means that divides a message that is to be sent to the receiving device into a plurality of partial messages each having a length equal to or less than a predetermined length; an enqueuing means that puts the plurality of partial messages in a queue; a first sending means that takes one partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the one partial message to the receiving device; a receiving means that receives notification information indicating that the sent partial message has been displayed in the display area; and an second sending means that takes a next partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the next partial message to the receiving device after the notification information is received.
- the present invention by dividing an original message, it is possible to generate a plurality of partial messages each having a length that makes it possible to display the whole of the respective message in a display area. Furthermore, it is possible to maintain an order of the plurality of partial messages in the original message because the plurality of partial messages are put into a queue, taken out of the queue one by one and sent. The whole of the sent message is displayed in the display area at once by the receiving device automatic scrolling. It is certain that the partial message sent first is fully displayed in the display area before the receiving device receives and displays the next message, because the next message is sent after notification information is received. After that, the next message is fully displayed in the display area. Therefore, a user can see each partial message completely. As a result, the user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling.
- the invention according to claim 2 is the message sending device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a history obtaining means that obtains a history of operations by a user with respect to an instant messenger in the receiving device; and a time determining means that determines based on the obtained history a time until sending the next partial message, wherein the second sending means sends the next partial message the determined time or more after the notification information is received.
- how long to wait to send a next message after receiving notification information is determined based on a history of operations by a user with respect to an instant messenger. This time corresponds to a time that elapses after a first partial message is displayed in a display area and before the next partial message is displayed on the display area. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately determine for each user a timing of sending the next message. As a result, it is possible to increase a probability that the receiving device displays the next partial message after the user finishes reading the first partial message.
- the invention according to claim 3 is the sending device according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising: a size information obtaining means that obtains size information indicating a size of the display area; and a length determining means that determines based on the received size information an upper limit of a length per partial message, wherein the dividing means divides the message into the plurality of partial messages according to the determined upper limit of the length.
- the invention according to claim 4 is the sending device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the dividing means divides the message into the plurality of partial messages when a length of the message that is to be sent to the receiving device is more than a second predetermined length, and the first sending means sends the message to the receiving device without the dividing means dividing the message when the length of the message that is to be sent to the receiving device is less than the second predetermined length.
- a receiving device when a length of an original message is a length that makes it possible to display the whole of this message in a display area at once, a receiving device can display the whole of the original message at once.
- the invention according to claim 5 is the sending device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the receiving means further receives notification information indicating that the next partial message sent by the second sending means has been displayed in the display area, and the reception of the notification information by the receiving means and the transmission of the partial message by the second sending means are repeated until the queue becomes empty.
- each partial message is displayed in a display area completely. Therefore, a user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling.
- the invention according to claim 6 is a sending method executed by a computer in a sending device for sending a message to a receiving device that automatically performs scrolling such that at least the end of a new message is positioned in a display area when receiving the message, the sending method comprising: a dividing step of dividing a message that is to be sent to the receiving device into a plurality of partial messages each having a length equal to or less than a predetermined length; an enqueuing step of putting the plurality of partial messages in a queue; a first sending step of taking one partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sending the one partial message to the receiving device; a receiving step of receiving notification information indicating that the sent partial message has been displayed in the display area; and an second sending step of taking a next partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sending the next partial message to the receiving device after the notification information is received.
- the invention according to claim 7 is a sending program for causing a computer in a sending device for sending a message to a receiving device that automatically performs scrolling such that at least the end of a new message is positioned in a display area when receiving the message to function as: a dividing means that divides a message that is to be sent to the receiving device into a plurality of partial messages each having a length equal to or less than a predetermined length; an enqueuing means that puts the plurality of partial messages in a queue; a first sending means that takes one partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the one partial message to the receiving device; a receiving means that receives notification information indicating that the sent partial message has been displayed in the display area; and an second sending means that takes a next partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the next partial message to the receiving device after the notification information is received.
- a user can see each partial message from the beginning to the end of this partial message at once. As a result, the user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling.
- FIG. 1 is diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of a messaging system SA according to one embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a difference between message display areas.
- FIG. 3A is a block diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of a bot server 1 according to one embodiment.
- FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of a system controller 11 of a user terminal 3 according to one embodiment.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a way in which a message is divided.
- FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a difference between lengths of partial messages according to a difference between sizes of message display areas.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a way in which partial messages and read information are sent and received.
- FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example operation of the messaging system SA.
- FIG. 7A is a diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of a messaging system SB according to one embodiment.
- FIG. 7B is a diagram schematically illustrating an example operation of the messaging system SB.
- FIG. 1 is diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of a messaging system SA according to one embodiment.
- the messaging system SA includes at least one bot server 1 , a message management server 2 , and a plurality of user terminals 3 .
- the bot server 1 , the message management server 2 , and the user terminals 3 are capable of transmitting and receiving data with each other over a network NW using communication protocols, such as TCP/IP.
- the network NW includes, for example, the Internet, dedicated communication lines (e.g., community antenna television (CATV) line), mobile communication networks (including base stations), and gateways.
- CATV community antenna television
- Each user terminal 3 is a terminal device used by a user who has an account for using the messaging system SA.
- a mobile information terminal such as a smartphone and a tablet computer, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a personal computer are listed.
- PDA personal digital assistant
- Into each user terminal 3 an instant messenger has been installed.
- the user terminal 3 sends a message input by a user to a user terminal 3 or bot server 1 that is a destination through the message management server 2 .
- a plurality of display areas can be switched and displayed, for example. For example, in a message display area for each account added as one of user's friends (another user or bot server 1 ), messages exchanged with that account are displayed.
- This message display area may be the whole of a display screen of the user terminal 3 or a part of that screen.
- the user terminal 3 controls the screen such that at least the end of the most newly received or inputted message is displayed in the display area. For example, the user terminal 3 automatically scrolls through the newest message and past messages to move all of them up and positions the end of the newest message at the bottom of the message display area. The user can see also a past message by scrolling through the messages in the message display area. Scrolling through the messages may be performed pixel by pixel or line by line.
- Scrolling through the messages may be performed pixel by pixel or line by line.
- the whole of the newest message is displayed when the message is short, only a part of the newest message may be displayed when the message is long. In order to see the beginning of the long message, the user has to manually scroll through the message. Therefore, the burden of the operation on the user will increase and it is difficult to view the message quickly.
- the bot server 1 is a server device or a personal computer that automatically sends messages to a user terminal 3 through the message management server 2 .
- an internet bot has been installed into the bot server 1 .
- a user using a user terminal 3 adds a message service provided by the bot server 1 (one of accounts in the messaging system SA) as his/her friend for example, and thereby the user terminal 3 can exchange messages with the bot server 1 .
- the bot server 1 may provide the user with information or may talk automatically with the user through the messages, for example.
- the bot server 1 may send a message corresponding to a received message when receiving the message from the user terminal 3 or may send a message at a predetermined timing or regularly, for example.
- An administrator of the bot server 1 may set a dedicated menu for the message service provided by the bot server 1 .
- This dedicated menu is displayed, for example, at the bottom of the message display area for displaying messages exchanged with bot server 1 , in an instant messenger of a user terminal 3 . If the dedicated menu is displayed, an area except the dedicated menu in a screen for the instant messenger is the message display area.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a difference between message display areas. As shown in FIG. 2 , when the dedicated menu is not displayed on a screen 101 , the whole of the screen 101 is the message display area. When the dedicated menu 103 is displayed on the screen 101 , the whole of the screen 101 is divided into message display area 102 and the dedicated menu 103 .
- the user terminal 3 When a user selects any one item in the dedicated menu, the user terminal 3 , for example, may access a website outside or may input a predetermined message automatically.
- the dedicated menu may be displayed at all times, or may be visible or hidden according to the user switching operation. Information for displaying the dedicated menu may have been input into the message management server 2 in advance by the administrator of the bot server 1 .
- the bot server 1 In order to reduce the burden of the operation on the user caused by a long message, the bot server 1 sometimes divide the message that should be sent to a user terminal 3 into a plurality of partial messages. The bot server 1 sends the plurality of partial messages one by one.
- the message management server 2 is a server device that relays messages exchanged between user terminals 3 . In addition, the message management server 2 relays messages between the bot server 1 and a user terminal 3 . When receiving a message from any user terminal 3 or the bot server 1 , the message management server 2 forwards the message to a user terminal 3 or the bot server 1 that is the destination. When the message is displayed in a message display area of an instant messenger in a user terminal 3 to which it has been forwarded, the message management server 2 may receive read information from the user terminal 3 . The read information is information notifying that a message received by a user terminal 3 has been displayed in a message display area of the user terminal 3 .
- the message management server 2 forward the received read information to the user terminal 3 or the bot server 1 that has sent the message.
- the message management server 2 may cause a user terminal 3 to display the dedicated menu.
- the message management server 2 may also serve as the bot server 1 .
- FIG. 3A is a block diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of the bot server 1 according to one embodiment.
- the bot server 1 includes a system controller 11 , a system bus 12 , an input/output interface 13 , a storage unit 14 , and a communication unit 15 .
- the system controller 11 and the input/output interface 13 are connected via a system bus 13 .
- the system controller 11 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11 a , a read only memory (ROM) 11 b , a random access memory (RAM) 11 c , and so forth.
- the CPU 11 a is an example of a processor.
- the present invention can also be applied to various processors that differ from CPUs.
- the storage unit 14 , the ROM 11 b , and the RAM 11 c are each an example of a memory.
- the present invention can be applied to various memories that differ from hard disks, ROMs, and RAMS.
- a queue 11 d that stores a plurality of partial messages generated by dividing a message that should be sent to a user terminal is reserved temporally, as described later.
- the input/output interface 13 performs interface processing between the storage unit 14 and the communication unit 15 , and the system controller 11 .
- the storage unit 14 includes, for example, hard disk drives.
- the storage unit 14 stores for example a message database (DB) 14 a .
- DB 14 a message database
- messages themselves that are to be sent to user terminals 3 or information such as character strings that is to be elements of a message are stored.
- the system controller 11 obtains from the message database 14 a a message that is to be sent or uses information stored in the message database 14 a to generate a message that is to be sent.
- the storage unit 14 also stores various programs, such as an operating system, an internet bot program. Each code included in the Internet bot program causes the CPU 11 a to perform functions described later.
- the internet bot program may be available from, for example, another server device over the network NW, or may be recorded in a recording medium, such as a magnetic tape, an optical disk, or a memory card and be read via a drive device.
- the communication unit 15 connects to the network NW and controls the state of communications with the message management server 2 and the user terminals 3 .
- FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the system controller 11 of the user terminal 3 according to one embodiment.
- the CPU 11 a reads and executes various codes included in the internet bot program and, as show in FIG. 3B , thereby the system controller 11 functions as at least a message divider 111 , a message enqueuing unit 112 , a message sender 113 and a read information receiver 114 .
- the system controller 11 may function as a display area size obtainer 115 , a partial message length determiner 116 , an operation history obtainer 117 and a waiting time determiner 118 .
- the message divider 111 divides an original message generated or obtained as a message that should be sent to a user terminal 3 into a plurality of partial messages each having a length equal to or less than a predetermined partial message length upper limit.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a way in which a message is divided. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A , an original message 300 is divided into three partial messages 201 to 203 .
- the partial messages 201 , 202 and 203 are a beginning part, a middle part and an end part respectively.
- the number of partial messages is required to be two or more.
- the message divider 111 may divide the original message at points that are freely determined. However, it is desirable that the message divider 111 divide the message in the units of character strings that are each easy to read for a user. For example, message divider 111 may divide the messages at a predetermined mark or character. As examples of the predetermined mark or character, a comma, a period, a parenthesis, a quotation mark, a question mark, an exclamation mark, a space, a colon, a semicolon are listed. Alternatively, for example, the message divider 111 may analyze the message morphologically to identify phrases, sentences or so on, and thereby may divide the message in the units of phrases, sentences or so on.
- the partial message length upper limit is an upper limit of a length per partial message.
- the partial message length upper limit is denoted by UL and a length of a message that can be displayed in a message display area of a user terminal 3 is denoted by SZ
- the partial message length upper limit is determined such that it satisfies UL SZ.
- the partial message length upper limit ensures that each partial message is displayed in the message display area completely.
- the partial message length upper limit may be represented by the number of characters, the number of lines, or other measures.
- the partial message length upper limit may be preset according to a user terminal 3 that has the smallest size of the message display area among all types of user terminals 3 .
- Any actual shorter length of each partial message is acceptable as long as it is equal to or shorter than the partial message length upper limit.
- Any of partial messages may include a new paragraph in the middle when an original message includes the new paragraph. In this case, a blank would appear in the middle of the partial message when the partial message is displayed in the message display area.
- the message divider 111 may adjust a length of each partial message by taking into account blanks that may appear so that each partial message is displayed in the message display completely.
- the message divider 111 may divide an original message when the length of the original message is longer than a predetermined threshold.
- the threshold is denoted by TH
- the threshold is determined such that it satisfies UL TH ⁇ SZ.
- the threshold and the partial message length upper limit are the same, the threshold may serve as the partial message length upper limit.
- the message divider 111 sends the original message as it is without dividing the message by the message divider 111 . The user can read the message quickly since unnecessary division is not performed.
- At least the partial message length upper limit between the partial message length upper limit and the threshold may be determined according to a user terminal 3 to which the message will be sent.
- the display area size obtainer 115 obtains size information indicating the size of the message display area in the user terminal 3 .
- the size information the size of the message display area itself, user agent information, information indicating a model of the user terminal 3 , and other information indirectly indicating the size are listed. If the message management server 2 serves as the bot server 1 , the display area size obtainer 115 can receive the size information directly from the user terminal 3 .
- the display area size obtainer 115 obtains the size information by using it.
- the message management server 2 has caused the dedicated menu to be displayed on a user terminal 3 that displays a message display area for the bot server 1
- the message management server 2 may send information indicating coordinates of the dedicated menu in the message display area (for example, coordinates of each vertex of the dedicated menu) to the bot server 1 .
- the display area size obtainer 115 can identify the size of the message display area from coordinates of a lower-right vertex of the dedicated menu. Alternatively, the display area size obtainer 115 can identify the size of the message display area that excludes an area occupied by the dedicated menu from coordinates of a higher-left vertex of the dedicated menu.
- the display area size obtainer 115 may obtain the size information each time when a message to be sent to the user terminal 3 has been generated or obtained. Alternatively, the display area size obtainer 115 stores the size information obtained once in storage unit 14 in association with identification information for identifying an account of a user to whom the message will be sent. After that, the display area size obtainer 115 may obtain the size information from the storage unit 14 .
- the partial message length determiner 116 determines at least the partial message length upper limit between the partial message length upper limit and the threshold based on the size information obtained by the display area size obtainer 115 . As described before, the partial message length determiner 116 determines the partial message length upper limit such that it satisfies UL ⁇ SZ. If determining both of the partial message length upper limit and the threshold, The partial message length determiner 116 determines the partial message length upper limit and the threshold such that it satisfies UL ⁇ TH ⁇ SZ.
- the message divider 111 divides the original message into the plurality of partial messages according to the determined partial message length upper limit.
- FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a difference between lengths of partial messages according to a difference between sizes of message display areas.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a user terminal 3 - 1 and 3 - 2 as examples of the user terminal 3 .
- the user terminal 3 - 1 is a terminal device that has a relatively small display size, such as a mobile phone.
- the message divider 111 divides for the user terminal 3 - 1 an message 300 into, for example, three partial messages 201 to 203 .
- the user terminal 3 - 2 is, for example, a tablet computer and a display size of the user terminal 3 - 2 is larger than the display size of the user terminal 3 - 1 .
- the partial message length determiner 116 determines for the user terminal 3 - 2 a partial message length upper limit longer than the partial message length upper limit determined for the user terminal 3 - 1 . Therefore, the message divider 111 divides for the user terminal 3 - 2 the same message 200 into, for example, two partial messages 204 and 205 .
- the partial messages that each have a length suitable for the size of the message display area of each user terminal 3 are generated.
- the message enqueuing unit 112 puts the plurality of partial messages generated through division by the message divider 111 into a queue (enqueuing). Specifically, the message enqueuing unit 112 generates a queue 11 d for a user terminal 3 to which the messages will be sent in the RAM 11 c .
- the queue 11 d is required to have a structure wherein the partial messages can be put in and taken out by first in first out.
- the message enqueuing unit 112 puts the plurality of partial messages in the queue 11 d according to the order of the partial messages, from a partial message corresponding to the beginning of the original message to a partial message corresponding to the endo of it. Thereby, the order of the partial messages in the original message is maintained. As shown in FIG.
- the message enqueuing unit 112 puts the partial message 201 in the queue 11 d first, puts the partial message 202 in the queue 11 d second, and puts the partial message 203 in the queue 11 d third.
- the message sender 113 takes one partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages put in the queue, and sends the one partial message to the user terminal 3 through the message management server 2 .
- the partial message to be taken out first is the partial message corresponding to the beginning of the original message.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a way in which partial messages and read information are sent and received. For example, as shown in FIG. 4 a , assume that the partial messages 201 to 203 have been stored in the queue 11 d .
- the message sender 113 takes the partial message 201 out of the queue 11 d and sends the partial message 201 first.
- the user terminal 3 positions, by automatic scrolling, the end of the partial message 201 at the bottom of the message display area 31 .
- the partial message 201 is displayed completely in the message display area 31 because the length of the partial message 201 is equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit. The user's scrolling operation is unnecessary.
- the read information receiver 114 receives read information indicating that the partial message sent by the message sender 113 has been displayed in the message display area of the user terminal 3 to which it has been sent.
- the read information is sent from the user terminal 3 to the bot server 1 through the message management server 2 .
- the message sender 113 may, for example, embed a web beacon in the partial message that will be sent.
- a URL in an image tag of the web beacon includes IP address assigned to the bot server 1 . Therefore, when having displayed the received partial message in the message display area, the user terminal 3 sends a request for an image to the bot server 1 .
- the read information receiver 114 may regard this request as the read information.
- the message sender 113 takes a next partial message out of the queue 11 d among the plurality of the partial messages, and sends the next partial message to the user terminal 3 through the message management server 2 .
- the user terminal 3 send the read information when having displayed the message in the message display area. Accordingly, it ensures that the first sent partial message is completely displayed in the message display area before the user terminal 3 receives and displays the next partial message.
- the message sender 113 takes the partial message 202 out of the queue 11 d and sends the partial message 202 .
- the user terminal 3 automatically scrolls through the received partial message 202 and the already-displayed partial message 201 to position the end of the partial message 202 at the bottom of the message display area. Similar to described above, the partial message 202 is displayed completely in the message display area 31 because the length of the partial message 202 is equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit. Since the user's scrolling operation is unnecessary at this time too, the user can view the original message quickly. It does not matter if a part or the whole of the partial message 201 is disappeared from the message display area 31 .
- the read information receiver 114 further receives read information indicating that the next partial message sent by the message sender 113 has been displayed in the message display are.
- the message sender 113 further takes, after this read information is received by the read information receiver 114 , a partial message after the next out of the queue 11 d among the plurality of the partial messages, and sends the partial message.
- Such the reception of the read information and the transmission of the partial message are repeated until the queue 11 d become empty. For example, as shown in FIG.
- the message sender 113 takes the partial message 203 out of the queue 11 d and sends the partial message 203 .
- the user terminal 3 automatically scrolls through the received partial message 203 and the already-displayed partial messages 201 and 203 to position the end of the partial message 203 at the bottom of the message display area.
- the whole of the partial message 203 is displayed in the message display area 31 .
- read information is sent from the user terminal 3 to the bot server 1 in response to sending the partial message 203 . Since the queue 11 d is empty at this time, the transmission of the partial messages ends.
- the message sender 113 may send the next partial message after a predetermined waiting time elapses from when the read information is received.
- the waiting time is a time that elapses until the next message is sent.
- This waiting time corresponds to a time elapses from when a partial message is displayed in the message display area to when a next partial message is displayed. This provides a time to read the previous partial message for a user until the next partial message is displayed. It is desirable that the waiting time be set so that the next message is displayed at a timing when the user finishes reading the partial message or a few seconds after the user finishes reading the partial message.
- the operation history obtainer 117 obtains a history of predetermined operations by a user with respect to the instant messenger.
- the operation recorded in this operation history may be, for example, an operation that suggests the user has finished reading the message.
- this operation scrolling through the message, inputting or sending a message responding to a received message, switching between screens of the instant messenger, and terminating the instant messenger are listed.
- the message management server 2 may receive information notifying that the predetermined operation has been performed from the terminal 3 when the user has performed these operations.
- the message sender 113 stores, as a piece of the operation history, a time when receiving the predetermined operation in the storage unit 14 in association with identification of an account of the user.
- the message sender 113 may store, as a piece of the operation history, a time when receiving a reply message from the user terminal 3 in response to the user inputting the reply message with respect to a message sent by the bot server 1 (or a final partial message among the plurality of generated partial messages) in the storage unit 14 , in association with the identification information of the account of the user.
- the operation history obtainer 117 obtains the operation history of a targeted user.
- the waiting time determiner 118 determines the waiting time based on the operation history obtained by the operation history obtainer 117 . For example, the waiting time determiner 118 may calculate, for each piece of the operation history, a time that elapsed from when read information was received from a user terminal 3 of the targeted user to when the predetermined operation was performed (to when the reply message was received from the user terminal 3 ). The waiting time determiner 118 may determine the waiting time to be a representative value of the elapsed times. The representative value may be, for example, a mean or a median, or may be calculated using an expression: mean+standard deviation ⁇ coefficient (the coefficient is a predetermined real number) or so forth.
- the waiting time determiner 118 determine the waiting time with excluding elapsed times that are extremely long as outlier, since the user may leave the user terminal 3 after a message is displayed.
- the waiting time determiner 118 stores the determined waiting time in the storage unit 14 in association with the identification information of the account of the targeted user.
- FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example operation of the messaging system SA.
- the process by the bot server 1 in FIG. 6 is performed according to various types of codes included in the internet bot program stored in the storage unit 14 .
- the partial messages and the read information are sent and received through the message management server 2 if the bot server 1 is different to the message management server 2 , a process by the message management server 2 is omitted in FIG. 6 .
- a user first enters some kind of inquiry message to the bot server 1 (Step S 1 ). Thereon the user terminal 3 sends the entered inquiry message to the bot server 1 (Step S 2 ). The bot server 1 generates a reply message according to the inquiry message (Step S 3 ). Next, the bot server 1 determines whether a length of the generated message is more than the threshold (Step S 4 ). When determining that the length of the message is equal to or less than the threshold (Step S 4 : NO), the bot server 1 sends the generated message without any change to the user terminal 3 (Step S 5 ).
- Step S 4 when determining that the length of the message is more than the threshold (Step S 4 : YES), the bot server 1 divides the generated message into partial messages that each have a length equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit (Step S 6 ). As described before, this partial message length upper limit may be predetermined or may be determined based on the size information on the user terminal 3 that has sent the inquiry message. The bot server 1 puts the plurality of partial messages into the queue 11 d (Step S 7 ).
- the bot server 1 takes one partial message out of the queue 11 d and sends the partial message to the user terminal 3 (Steps S 8 and S 9 ).
- the user terminal 3 displays the received partial message in the message display area and sends read information to the bot serve 1 (Steps S 10 and S 11 ).
- the bot server 1 determines whether the queue is empty (Step S 12 ). When determining that the queue is not empty (Step S 12 : NO), the bot server 1 waits for the specific waiting time (Step S 13 ). As described before, this waiting time may be predetermined or may be determined based on an operation history on the user who has sent the read information. Next, the bot server 1 takes another partial message out of the queue 11 d and sends the partial message to the user terminal 3 (Steps S 8 and S 9 ). On the other hand, when determining that the queue is empty (Step S 12 : YES), the bot server 1 ends sending of the partial messages. Thus, Steps S 8 to S 13 are repeated until the queue 11 d becomes empty.
- the system controller 11 divides the original message that should be sent to the user terminal 3 into the plurality of partial messages that each have a length equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit.
- the system controller 11 puts the plurality of partial messages in the queue 11 d .
- the system controller 11 takes one partial message out of the queue 11 d among the plurality of partial messages and sends the one partial message to the user terminal 3 .
- the system controller 11 receives the read information indicating that the sent partial message has been displayed in the display area.
- the system controller 11 takes a next partial message out of the queue 11 d among the plurality of partial messages and sends the next partial message to the user terminal 3 after the read information is received. Therefore, a user can see each partial message completely. As a result, the user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling.
- system controller 11 may obtain the history of operations by the user with respect to the instant messenger in the user terminal 3 .
- the system controller 11 may determine, based on the obtained history, the waiting time until sending the next partial message.
- the system controller 11 may send the next partial message the determined waiting time or more after the read information is received. In this case, it is possible to appropriately determine for each user a timing of sending the next message. As a result, it is possible to increase a probability that the user terminal 3 displays the next partial message after the user finishes reading the first partial message.
- the system controller 11 may obtain the size information indicating a size of the display area.
- the system controller 11 may determine, based on the received size information, the partial message length upper limit.
- the system controller 11 may divide the original message into the plurality of partial messages according to the determined partial message length upper limit. In this case, when sizes of display areas vary depending on the user terminals 3 , it is possible to divide the original message into partial messages that each have a suitable length according to the size of the display area.
- the system controller 11 may divide the original message into the plurality of partial messages when a length of the original message is more than the threshold. On the other hand, when the length of the original message is equal to or less than the threshold, the system controller 11 may send the original message to the user terminal 3 without dividing the message. In this case, when the length of the original message is a length that makes it possible to display the whole of this message in the display area at once, the user terminal 3 can display the whole of the original message at once.
- system controller 11 may further receive the read information indicating that the sent next partial message has been displayed in the display area.
- the system controller 11 may take the partial message after the next out of the queue 11 d among the plurality of partial messages and send the next partial message to the user terminal 3 after the read information is received.
- the system controller 11 may repeat the reception of the read information and the transmission of the partial message until the queue 11 d becomes empty. In this case, when the original message has been divided into three or more partial messages, each partial message is displayed in the display area completely. Therefore, the user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling.
- the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B .
- the second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except for points described below.
- the present invention is, in the first embodiment, applied to the messages automatically sent by the Internet bot (the bot server 1 ), the present invention is, in the second embodiment, applied to messages that are sent and received between the user terminals 3 .
- FIG. 7A is a diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of a messaging system SB according to one embodiment.
- the messaging system SB includes the message management server 2 , and the plurality of user terminals 3 .
- the message management server 2 and the user terminals 3 are capable of transmitting and receiving data with each other over the network NW.
- a configuration of the message management server 2 is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 3A .
- Functional blocks of the system controller 11 in the message management server 2 are the same as the functional blocks shown in FIG. 3B .
- FIG. 7B is a diagram schematically illustrating an example operation of the messaging system SB.
- a user of a user terminal 3 - 3 enters a message 210 that is to be sent to a user of a user terminal 3 - 4 .
- the user terminal 3 - 3 sends the message 210 to the message management server 2 .
- the message management server 2 sends the message 210 without any change to the user terminal 3 - 4 .
- the message management server 2 divides the message 210 into, for example, partial messages 211 to 213 that each have a length equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit.
- the message management server 2 puts the partial messages 211 to 213 in queue 11 d .
- the message management server 2 takes the partial message 211 out of the queue 11 d and sends the partial message 211 to the user terminal 3 - 4 .
- the message management server takes the partial message 212 out of the queue and sends the partial message 212 to the user terminal 3 - 4 .
- the message management server takes the partial message 213 out of the queue and sends the partial message 213 to the user terminal 3 - 4 .
- the user can see, without manual scrolling, the whole of the message that is sent and received between the user terminals 3 .
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- The present invention relates to techniques of sending messages, and in particular relates to a device and a method for sending the messages to a receiving device that scrolls through messages in an area for displaying the messages such that the messages can be viewed.
- Conventionally, instant messengers for terminal devices, such as mobile devices, exchanging messages with each other are widely used. In these instant messengers, when a message is sent from a terminal device, a terminal device to which it is sent immediately receives this message in general. The terminal device that has received the message automatically performing scrolling such that the end of this message is positioned at the bottom of a display area. It enables a user to read the newest message.
- In Addition, as tools for distributing information using the instant messenger or conversation partners, Internet bots that automatically send messages have come into existence. For example,
Patent Literature 1 discloses that a software bot replies a response message corresponding to a message sent from a user. - Patent Literature 1: JP 2014-225268 A
- While the instant messengers are often used to send relative shorter message, they can be also used to send longer messages. However, when a message is longer than that can be displayed in a size of a display area of a terminal device on the receiving side, it can only display a part of the message at once. Therefore, a user has to manually scroll through the message to read the received message from the beginning.
- The present invention is provided in view of the forgoing points and an object of the present invention is to provide a sending device, a sending method, and sending program that send a message such that a user can see the whole of the message at a terminal on the receiving side without manual scrolling.
- In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to
claim 1 is a sending device for sending a message to a receiving device that automatically performs scrolling such that at least the end of a new message is positioned in a display area when receiving the message, the sending device comprising: a dividing means that divides a message that is to be sent to the receiving device into a plurality of partial messages each having a length equal to or less than a predetermined length; an enqueuing means that puts the plurality of partial messages in a queue; a first sending means that takes one partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the one partial message to the receiving device; a receiving means that receives notification information indicating that the sent partial message has been displayed in the display area; and an second sending means that takes a next partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the next partial message to the receiving device after the notification information is received. - According to this invention, by dividing an original message, it is possible to generate a plurality of partial messages each having a length that makes it possible to display the whole of the respective message in a display area. Furthermore, it is possible to maintain an order of the plurality of partial messages in the original message because the plurality of partial messages are put into a queue, taken out of the queue one by one and sent. The whole of the sent message is displayed in the display area at once by the receiving device automatic scrolling. It is certain that the partial message sent first is fully displayed in the display area before the receiving device receives and displays the next message, because the next message is sent after notification information is received. After that, the next message is fully displayed in the display area. Therefore, a user can see each partial message completely. As a result, the user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling.
- The invention according to
claim 2 is the message sending device according toclaim 1, further comprising: a history obtaining means that obtains a history of operations by a user with respect to an instant messenger in the receiving device; and a time determining means that determines based on the obtained history a time until sending the next partial message, wherein the second sending means sends the next partial message the determined time or more after the notification information is received. - According to this invention, how long to wait to send a next message after receiving notification information is determined based on a history of operations by a user with respect to an instant messenger. This time corresponds to a time that elapses after a first partial message is displayed in a display area and before the next partial message is displayed on the display area. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately determine for each user a timing of sending the next message. As a result, it is possible to increase a probability that the receiving device displays the next partial message after the user finishes reading the first partial message.
- The invention according to
claim 3 is the sending device according toclaim - According to this invention, when sizes of display areas vary depending on receiving devices, it is possible to divide an original message into partial messages that each have a suitable length according to a size of a display area.
- The invention according to
claim 4 is the sending device according to any one ofclaims 1 to 3, wherein the dividing means divides the message into the plurality of partial messages when a length of the message that is to be sent to the receiving device is more than a second predetermined length, and the first sending means sends the message to the receiving device without the dividing means dividing the message when the length of the message that is to be sent to the receiving device is less than the second predetermined length. - According to this invention, when a length of an original message is a length that makes it possible to display the whole of this message in a display area at once, a receiving device can display the whole of the original message at once.
- The invention according to
claim 5 is the sending device according to any one ofclaims 1 to 4, wherein the receiving means further receives notification information indicating that the next partial message sent by the second sending means has been displayed in the display area, and the reception of the notification information by the receiving means and the transmission of the partial message by the second sending means are repeated until the queue becomes empty. - According to this invention, when an original message has been divided into three or more partial messages, each partial message is displayed in a display area completely. Therefore, a user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling.
- The invention according to
claim 6 is a sending method executed by a computer in a sending device for sending a message to a receiving device that automatically performs scrolling such that at least the end of a new message is positioned in a display area when receiving the message, the sending method comprising: a dividing step of dividing a message that is to be sent to the receiving device into a plurality of partial messages each having a length equal to or less than a predetermined length; an enqueuing step of putting the plurality of partial messages in a queue; a first sending step of taking one partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sending the one partial message to the receiving device; a receiving step of receiving notification information indicating that the sent partial message has been displayed in the display area; and an second sending step of taking a next partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sending the next partial message to the receiving device after the notification information is received. - The invention according to
claim 7 is a sending program for causing a computer in a sending device for sending a message to a receiving device that automatically performs scrolling such that at least the end of a new message is positioned in a display area when receiving the message to function as: a dividing means that divides a message that is to be sent to the receiving device into a plurality of partial messages each having a length equal to or less than a predetermined length; an enqueuing means that puts the plurality of partial messages in a queue; a first sending means that takes one partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the one partial message to the receiving device; a receiving means that receives notification information indicating that the sent partial message has been displayed in the display area; and an second sending means that takes a next partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages and sends the next partial message to the receiving device after the notification information is received. - According to the present invention, a user can see each partial message from the beginning to the end of this partial message at once. As a result, the user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling.
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FIG. 1 is diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of a messaging system SA according to one embodiment. -
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a difference between message display areas. -
FIG. 3A is a block diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of abot server 1 according to one embodiment. -
FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of asystem controller 11 of auser terminal 3 according to one embodiment. -
FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a way in which a message is divided. -
FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a difference between lengths of partial messages according to a difference between sizes of message display areas. -
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a way in which partial messages and read information are sent and received. -
FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example operation of the messaging system SA. -
FIG. 7A is a diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of a messaging system SB according to one embodiment. -
FIG. 7B is a diagram schematically illustrating an example operation of the messaging system SB. - The following describes embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below are embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a messaging system for terminal devices sending and receiving messages with each other using instant messengers.
- [1-1. Configuration of Messaging System]
- First, a configuration of a messaging system SA according to this embodiment is described with reference to
FIG. 1 .FIG. 1 is diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of a messaging system SA according to one embodiment. - As shown in
FIG. 1 , the messaging system SA includes at least onebot server 1, amessage management server 2, and a plurality ofuser terminals 3. Thebot server 1, themessage management server 2, and theuser terminals 3 are capable of transmitting and receiving data with each other over a network NW using communication protocols, such as TCP/IP. The network NW includes, for example, the Internet, dedicated communication lines (e.g., community antenna television (CATV) line), mobile communication networks (including base stations), and gateways. - Each
user terminal 3 is a terminal device used by a user who has an account for using the messaging system SA. As examples of theuser terminal 3, a mobile information terminal such as a smartphone and a tablet computer, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a personal computer are listed. Into eachuser terminal 3, an instant messenger has been installed. Theuser terminal 3 sends a message input by a user to auser terminal 3 orbot server 1 that is a destination through themessage management server 2. In each user's instant messenger, a plurality of display areas can be switched and displayed, for example. For example, in a message display area for each account added as one of user's friends (another user or bot server 1), messages exchanged with that account are displayed. This message display area may be the whole of a display screen of theuser terminal 3 or a part of that screen. When theuser terminal 3 has received a message or the user has inputted the message, theuser terminal 3 controls the screen such that at least the end of the most newly received or inputted message is displayed in the display area. For example, theuser terminal 3 automatically scrolls through the newest message and past messages to move all of them up and positions the end of the newest message at the bottom of the message display area. The user can see also a past message by scrolling through the messages in the message display area. Scrolling through the messages may be performed pixel by pixel or line by line. However, while the whole of the newest message is displayed when the message is short, only a part of the newest message may be displayed when the message is long. In order to see the beginning of the long message, the user has to manually scroll through the message. Therefore, the burden of the operation on the user will increase and it is difficult to view the message quickly. - The
bot server 1 is a server device or a personal computer that automatically sends messages to auser terminal 3 through themessage management server 2. Into thebot server 1, an internet bot has been installed. A user using auser terminal 3 adds a message service provided by the bot server 1 (one of accounts in the messaging system SA) as his/her friend for example, and thereby theuser terminal 3 can exchange messages with thebot server 1. Thebot server 1 may provide the user with information or may talk automatically with the user through the messages, for example. Thebot server 1 may send a message corresponding to a received message when receiving the message from theuser terminal 3 or may send a message at a predetermined timing or regularly, for example. An administrator of thebot server 1 may set a dedicated menu for the message service provided by thebot server 1. This dedicated menu is displayed, for example, at the bottom of the message display area for displaying messages exchanged withbot server 1, in an instant messenger of auser terminal 3. If the dedicated menu is displayed, an area except the dedicated menu in a screen for the instant messenger is the message display area.FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a difference between message display areas. As shown inFIG. 2 , when the dedicated menu is not displayed on ascreen 101, the whole of thescreen 101 is the message display area. When thededicated menu 103 is displayed on thescreen 101, the whole of thescreen 101 is divided intomessage display area 102 and thededicated menu 103. When a user selects any one item in the dedicated menu, theuser terminal 3, for example, may access a website outside or may input a predetermined message automatically. The dedicated menu may be displayed at all times, or may be visible or hidden according to the user switching operation. Information for displaying the dedicated menu may have been input into themessage management server 2 in advance by the administrator of thebot server 1. In order to reduce the burden of the operation on the user caused by a long message, thebot server 1 sometimes divide the message that should be sent to auser terminal 3 into a plurality of partial messages. Thebot server 1 sends the plurality of partial messages one by one. - The
message management server 2 is a server device that relays messages exchanged betweenuser terminals 3. In addition, themessage management server 2 relays messages between thebot server 1 and auser terminal 3. When receiving a message from anyuser terminal 3 or thebot server 1, themessage management server 2 forwards the message to auser terminal 3 or thebot server 1 that is the destination. When the message is displayed in a message display area of an instant messenger in auser terminal 3 to which it has been forwarded, themessage management server 2 may receive read information from theuser terminal 3. The read information is information notifying that a message received by auser terminal 3 has been displayed in a message display area of theuser terminal 3. Themessage management server 2 forward the received read information to theuser terminal 3 or thebot server 1 that has sent the message. When the display area for messages exchanged between thebot server 1 is displayed, themessage management server 2 may cause auser terminal 3 to display the dedicated menu. Themessage management server 2 may also serve as thebot server 1. - [1-2. Configuration of Bot Server]
- The following describes a configuration of the
bot server 1 with reference toFIG. 3A .FIG. 3A is a block diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of thebot server 1 according to one embodiment. As shown inFIG. 3A , thebot server 1 includes asystem controller 11, asystem bus 12, an input/output interface 13, astorage unit 14, and acommunication unit 15. Thesystem controller 11 and the input/output interface 13 are connected via asystem bus 13. - The
system controller 11 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11 a, a read only memory (ROM) 11 b, a random access memory (RAM) 11 c, and so forth. The CPU 11 a is an example of a processor. The present invention can also be applied to various processors that differ from CPUs. Thestorage unit 14, theROM 11 b, and theRAM 11 c are each an example of a memory. The present invention can be applied to various memories that differ from hard disks, ROMs, and RAMS. In theRAM 11 c, aqueue 11 d that stores a plurality of partial messages generated by dividing a message that should be sent to a user terminal is reserved temporally, as described later. - The input/
output interface 13 performs interface processing between thestorage unit 14 and thecommunication unit 15, and thesystem controller 11. - The
storage unit 14 includes, for example, hard disk drives. Thestorage unit 14 stores for example a message database (DB) 14 a. In themessage DB 14 a, messages themselves that are to be sent touser terminals 3 or information such as character strings that is to be elements of a message are stored. According to a message received from auser terminal 3 or a situation, thesystem controller 11 obtains from themessage database 14 a a message that is to be sent or uses information stored in themessage database 14 a to generate a message that is to be sent. Thestorage unit 14 also stores various programs, such as an operating system, an internet bot program. Each code included in the Internet bot program causes the CPU 11 a to perform functions described later. The internet bot program may be available from, for example, another server device over the network NW, or may be recorded in a recording medium, such as a magnetic tape, an optical disk, or a memory card and be read via a drive device. - The
communication unit 15 connects to the network NW and controls the state of communications with themessage management server 2 and theuser terminals 3. - [1-3. Functional Overview]
- The following describes a functional overview of the
system controller 11 of thebot server 1 with reference toFIGS. 3B to 5 . -
FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of thesystem controller 11 of theuser terminal 3 according to one embodiment. The CPU 11 a reads and executes various codes included in the internet bot program and, as show inFIG. 3B , thereby thesystem controller 11 functions as at least amessage divider 111, amessage enqueuing unit 112, amessage sender 113 and a read information receiver 114. In addition, thesystem controller 11 may function as a displayarea size obtainer 115, a partialmessage length determiner 116, anoperation history obtainer 117 and awaiting time determiner 118. - The
message divider 111 divides an original message generated or obtained as a message that should be sent to auser terminal 3 into a plurality of partial messages each having a length equal to or less than a predetermined partial message length upper limit.FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a way in which a message is divided. For example, as shown inFIG. 4A , an original message 300 is divided into threepartial messages 201 to 203. Thepartial messages - The
message divider 111 may divide the original message at points that are freely determined. However, it is desirable that themessage divider 111 divide the message in the units of character strings that are each easy to read for a user. For example,message divider 111 may divide the messages at a predetermined mark or character. As examples of the predetermined mark or character, a comma, a period, a parenthesis, a quotation mark, a question mark, an exclamation mark, a space, a colon, a semicolon are listed. Alternatively, for example, themessage divider 111 may analyze the message morphologically to identify phrases, sentences or so on, and thereby may divide the message in the units of phrases, sentences or so on. - The partial message length upper limit is an upper limit of a length per partial message. When the partial message length upper limit is denoted by UL and a length of a message that can be displayed in a message display area of a
user terminal 3 is denoted by SZ, the partial message length upper limit is determined such that it satisfies UL SZ. The partial message length upper limit ensures that each partial message is displayed in the message display area completely. The partial message length upper limit may be represented by the number of characters, the number of lines, or other measures. The partial message length upper limit may be preset according to auser terminal 3 that has the smallest size of the message display area among all types ofuser terminals 3. - Any actual shorter length of each partial message is acceptable as long as it is equal to or shorter than the partial message length upper limit. Any of partial messages may include a new paragraph in the middle when an original message includes the new paragraph. In this case, a blank would appear in the middle of the partial message when the partial message is displayed in the message display area. The
message divider 111 may adjust a length of each partial message by taking into account blanks that may appear so that each partial message is displayed in the message display completely. - The
message divider 111 may divide an original message when the length of the original message is longer than a predetermined threshold. When the threshold is denoted by TH, the threshold is determined such that it satisfies UL TH≤SZ. When the threshold and the partial message length upper limit are the same, the threshold may serve as the partial message length upper limit. When the length of the original message is equal to or less than the threshold, themessage divider 111 sends the original message as it is without dividing the message by themessage divider 111. The user can read the message quickly since unnecessary division is not performed. - At least the partial message length upper limit between the partial message length upper limit and the threshold may be determined according to a
user terminal 3 to which the message will be sent. For that purpose, the displayarea size obtainer 115 obtains size information indicating the size of the message display area in theuser terminal 3. As examples of the size information, the size of the message display area itself, user agent information, information indicating a model of theuser terminal 3, and other information indirectly indicating the size are listed. If themessage management server 2 serves as thebot server 1, the displayarea size obtainer 115 can receive the size information directly from theuser terminal 3. If thebot server 1 is different to themessage management server 2 but the size information can be obtained by using an application programing interface (API) or so on provided by themessage management server 2 for the instant messaging, the displayarea size obtainer 115 obtains the size information by using it. For example, themessage management server 2 has caused the dedicated menu to be displayed on auser terminal 3 that displays a message display area for thebot server 1, themessage management server 2 may send information indicating coordinates of the dedicated menu in the message display area (for example, coordinates of each vertex of the dedicated menu) to thebot server 1. For example, if the dedicated menu is displayed at the bottom of the message display area, the displayarea size obtainer 115 can identify the size of the message display area from coordinates of a lower-right vertex of the dedicated menu. Alternatively, the displayarea size obtainer 115 can identify the size of the message display area that excludes an area occupied by the dedicated menu from coordinates of a higher-left vertex of the dedicated menu. The displayarea size obtainer 115 may obtain the size information each time when a message to be sent to theuser terminal 3 has been generated or obtained. Alternatively, the displayarea size obtainer 115 stores the size information obtained once instorage unit 14 in association with identification information for identifying an account of a user to whom the message will be sent. After that, the displayarea size obtainer 115 may obtain the size information from thestorage unit 14. - The partial
message length determiner 116 determines at least the partial message length upper limit between the partial message length upper limit and the threshold based on the size information obtained by the displayarea size obtainer 115. As described before, the partialmessage length determiner 116 determines the partial message length upper limit such that it satisfies UL≤SZ. If determining both of the partial message length upper limit and the threshold, The partialmessage length determiner 116 determines the partial message length upper limit and the threshold such that it satisfies UL≤TH≤SZ. - The
message divider 111 divides the original message into the plurality of partial messages according to the determined partial message length upper limit.FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a difference between lengths of partial messages according to a difference between sizes of message display areas.FIG. 4 illustrates a user terminal 3-1 and 3-2 as examples of theuser terminal 3. The user terminal 3-1 is a terminal device that has a relatively small display size, such as a mobile phone. Themessage divider 111 divides for the user terminal 3-1 an message 300 into, for example, threepartial messages 201 to 203. The user terminal 3-2 is, for example, a tablet computer and a display size of the user terminal 3-2 is larger than the display size of the user terminal 3-1. For this reason, the partialmessage length determiner 116 determines for the user terminal 3-2 a partial message length upper limit longer than the partial message length upper limit determined for the user terminal 3-1. Therefore, themessage divider 111 divides for the user terminal 3-2 thesame message 200 into, for example, twopartial messages user terminal 3 are generated. - The
message enqueuing unit 112 puts the plurality of partial messages generated through division by themessage divider 111 into a queue (enqueuing). Specifically, themessage enqueuing unit 112 generates aqueue 11 d for auser terminal 3 to which the messages will be sent in theRAM 11 c. Thequeue 11 d is required to have a structure wherein the partial messages can be put in and taken out by first in first out. Themessage enqueuing unit 112 puts the plurality of partial messages in thequeue 11 d according to the order of the partial messages, from a partial message corresponding to the beginning of the original message to a partial message corresponding to the endo of it. Thereby, the order of the partial messages in the original message is maintained. As shown inFIG. 4A , with respect to the plurality ofpartial messages 201 to 203, themessage enqueuing unit 112 puts thepartial message 201 in thequeue 11 d first, puts thepartial message 202 in thequeue 11 d second, and puts thepartial message 203 in thequeue 11 d third. - The
message sender 113 takes one partial message out of the queue among the plurality of partial messages put in the queue, and sends the one partial message to theuser terminal 3 through themessage management server 2. The partial message to be taken out first is the partial message corresponding to the beginning of the original message.FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a way in which partial messages and read information are sent and received. For example, as shown inFIG. 4a , assume that thepartial messages 201 to 203 have been stored in thequeue 11 d. Themessage sender 113 takes thepartial message 201 out of thequeue 11 d and sends thepartial message 201 first. Theuser terminal 3 positions, by automatic scrolling, the end of thepartial message 201 at the bottom of themessage display area 31. Thepartial message 201 is displayed completely in themessage display area 31 because the length of thepartial message 201 is equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit. The user's scrolling operation is unnecessary. - The read information receiver 114 receives read information indicating that the partial message sent by the
message sender 113 has been displayed in the message display area of theuser terminal 3 to which it has been sent. The read information is sent from theuser terminal 3 to thebot server 1 through themessage management server 2. If the read information is not sent under a specification of the messaging system SA, themessage sender 113 may, for example, embed a web beacon in the partial message that will be sent. For example, a URL in an image tag of the web beacon includes IP address assigned to thebot server 1. Therefore, when having displayed the received partial message in the message display area, theuser terminal 3 sends a request for an image to thebot server 1. The read information receiver 114 may regard this request as the read information. - After the read information is received by the read information receiver 114, the
message sender 113 takes a next partial message out of thequeue 11 d among the plurality of the partial messages, and sends the next partial message to theuser terminal 3 through themessage management server 2. As described above, theuser terminal 3 send the read information when having displayed the message in the message display area. Accordingly, it ensures that the first sent partial message is completely displayed in the message display area before theuser terminal 3 receives and displays the next partial message. For example, as shown inFIG. 5 , after the read information is sent from theuser terminal 3 to thebot server 1 in response to sending thepartial message 201, themessage sender 113 takes thepartial message 202 out of thequeue 11 d and sends thepartial message 202. Theuser terminal 3 automatically scrolls through the receivedpartial message 202 and the already-displayedpartial message 201 to position the end of thepartial message 202 at the bottom of the message display area. Similar to described above, thepartial message 202 is displayed completely in themessage display area 31 because the length of thepartial message 202 is equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit. Since the user's scrolling operation is unnecessary at this time too, the user can view the original message quickly. It does not matter if a part or the whole of thepartial message 201 is disappeared from themessage display area 31. - Similar to described above, the read information receiver 114 further receives read information indicating that the next partial message sent by the
message sender 113 has been displayed in the message display are. When there are three or more partial messages, themessage sender 113 further takes, after this read information is received by the read information receiver 114, a partial message after the next out of thequeue 11 d among the plurality of the partial messages, and sends the partial message. Such the reception of the read information and the transmission of the partial message are repeated until thequeue 11 d become empty. For example, as shown inFIG. 5 , after the read information is sent from theuser terminal 3 to thebot server 1 in response to sending thepartial message 202, themessage sender 113 takes thepartial message 203 out of thequeue 11 d and sends thepartial message 203. Theuser terminal 3 automatically scrolls through the receivedpartial message 203 and the already-displayedpartial messages partial message 203 at the bottom of the message display area. The whole of thepartial message 203 is displayed in themessage display area 31. read information is sent from theuser terminal 3 to thebot server 1 in response to sending thepartial message 203. Since thequeue 11 d is empty at this time, the transmission of the partial messages ends. - The
message sender 113 may send the next partial message after a predetermined waiting time elapses from when the read information is received. The waiting time is a time that elapses until the next message is sent. This waiting time corresponds to a time elapses from when a partial message is displayed in the message display area to when a next partial message is displayed. This provides a time to read the previous partial message for a user until the next partial message is displayed. It is desirable that the waiting time be set so that the next message is displayed at a timing when the user finishes reading the partial message or a few seconds after the user finishes reading the partial message. - While a waiting time that is common to all users may be preset, the waiting time may be set for each user. Therefore, the
operation history obtainer 117 obtains a history of predetermined operations by a user with respect to the instant messenger. The operation recorded in this operation history may be, for example, an operation that suggests the user has finished reading the message. As examples of this operation, scrolling through the message, inputting or sending a message responding to a received message, switching between screens of the instant messenger, and terminating the instant messenger are listed. In a case in which themessage management server 2 serves as thebot server 1, themessage management server 2 may receive information notifying that the predetermined operation has been performed from theterminal 3 when the user has performed these operations. Themessage sender 113 stores, as a piece of the operation history, a time when receiving the predetermined operation in thestorage unit 14 in association with identification of an account of the user. In a case in which thebot server 1 is different to themessage management server 2, themessage sender 113 may store, as a piece of the operation history, a time when receiving a reply message from theuser terminal 3 in response to the user inputting the reply message with respect to a message sent by the bot server 1 (or a final partial message among the plurality of generated partial messages) in thestorage unit 14, in association with the identification information of the account of the user. For example, when a predetermined number of or more pieces of operation history has been stored in thestorage unit 14 or every time a piece of the operation history has been stored, theoperation history obtainer 117 obtains the operation history of a targeted user. - The waiting
time determiner 118 determines the waiting time based on the operation history obtained by theoperation history obtainer 117. For example, the waitingtime determiner 118 may calculate, for each piece of the operation history, a time that elapsed from when read information was received from auser terminal 3 of the targeted user to when the predetermined operation was performed (to when the reply message was received from the user terminal 3). The waitingtime determiner 118 may determine the waiting time to be a representative value of the elapsed times. The representative value may be, for example, a mean or a median, or may be calculated using an expression: mean+standard deviation×coefficient (the coefficient is a predetermined real number) or so forth. It is desirable that the waitingtime determiner 118 determine the waiting time with excluding elapsed times that are extremely long as outlier, since the user may leave theuser terminal 3 after a message is displayed. The waitingtime determiner 118, for example, stores the determined waiting time in thestorage unit 14 in association with the identification information of the account of the targeted user. - [1-4. Messaging System Operation]
- Next, the operation of the messaging system SA will be described with reference to
FIG. 6 .FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example operation of the messaging system SA. The process by thebot server 1 inFIG. 6 is performed according to various types of codes included in the internet bot program stored in thestorage unit 14. Although the partial messages and the read information are sent and received through themessage management server 2 if thebot server 1 is different to themessage management server 2, a process by themessage management server 2 is omitted inFIG. 6 . - As shown in
FIG. 6 , a user first enters some kind of inquiry message to the bot server 1 (Step S1). Thereon theuser terminal 3 sends the entered inquiry message to the bot server 1 (Step S2). Thebot server 1 generates a reply message according to the inquiry message (Step S3). Next, thebot server 1 determines whether a length of the generated message is more than the threshold (Step S4). When determining that the length of the message is equal to or less than the threshold (Step S4: NO), thebot server 1 sends the generated message without any change to the user terminal 3 (Step S5). - On the other hand, when determining that the length of the message is more than the threshold (Step S4: YES), the
bot server 1 divides the generated message into partial messages that each have a length equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit (Step S6). As described before, this partial message length upper limit may be predetermined or may be determined based on the size information on theuser terminal 3 that has sent the inquiry message. Thebot server 1 puts the plurality of partial messages into thequeue 11 d (Step S7). - Next, the
bot server 1 takes one partial message out of thequeue 11 d and sends the partial message to the user terminal 3 (Steps S8 and S9). Theuser terminal 3 displays the received partial message in the message display area and sends read information to the bot serve 1 (Steps S10 and S11). - When receiving the read information, the
bot server 1 determines whether the queue is empty (Step S12). When determining that the queue is not empty (Step S12: NO), thebot server 1 waits for the specific waiting time (Step S13). As described before, this waiting time may be predetermined or may be determined based on an operation history on the user who has sent the read information. Next, thebot server 1 takes another partial message out of thequeue 11 d and sends the partial message to the user terminal 3 (Steps S8 and S9). On the other hand, when determining that the queue is empty (Step S12: YES), thebot server 1 ends sending of the partial messages. Thus, Steps S8 to S13 are repeated until thequeue 11 d becomes empty. - As described above, according to the present embodiment, the
system controller 11 divides the original message that should be sent to theuser terminal 3 into the plurality of partial messages that each have a length equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit. Thesystem controller 11 puts the plurality of partial messages in thequeue 11 d. Thesystem controller 11 takes one partial message out of thequeue 11 d among the plurality of partial messages and sends the one partial message to theuser terminal 3. Thesystem controller 11 receives the read information indicating that the sent partial message has been displayed in the display area. Thesystem controller 11 takes a next partial message out of thequeue 11 d among the plurality of partial messages and sends the next partial message to theuser terminal 3 after the read information is received. Therefore, a user can see each partial message completely. As a result, the user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling. - In addition, the
system controller 11 may obtain the history of operations by the user with respect to the instant messenger in theuser terminal 3. Thesystem controller 11 may determine, based on the obtained history, the waiting time until sending the next partial message. Thesystem controller 11 may send the next partial message the determined waiting time or more after the read information is received. In this case, it is possible to appropriately determine for each user a timing of sending the next message. As a result, it is possible to increase a probability that theuser terminal 3 displays the next partial message after the user finishes reading the first partial message. - In addition, the
system controller 11 may obtain the size information indicating a size of the display area. Thesystem controller 11 may determine, based on the received size information, the partial message length upper limit. Thesystem controller 11 may divide the original message into the plurality of partial messages according to the determined partial message length upper limit. In this case, when sizes of display areas vary depending on theuser terminals 3, it is possible to divide the original message into partial messages that each have a suitable length according to the size of the display area. - In addition, the
system controller 11 may divide the original message into the plurality of partial messages when a length of the original message is more than the threshold. On the other hand, when the length of the original message is equal to or less than the threshold, thesystem controller 11 may send the original message to theuser terminal 3 without dividing the message. In this case, when the length of the original message is a length that makes it possible to display the whole of this message in the display area at once, theuser terminal 3 can display the whole of the original message at once. - In addition, the
system controller 11 may further receive the read information indicating that the sent next partial message has been displayed in the display area. Thesystem controller 11 may take the partial message after the next out of thequeue 11 d among the plurality of partial messages and send the next partial message to theuser terminal 3 after the read information is received. Thesystem controller 11 may repeat the reception of the read information and the transmission of the partial message until thequeue 11 d becomes empty. In this case, when the original message has been divided into three or more partial messages, each partial message is displayed in the display area completely. Therefore, the user can substantially see the whole of the original message without manual scrolling. - Next, the second embodiment will be described with reference to
FIGS. 7A and 7B . The second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except for points described below. - While the present invention is, in the first embodiment, applied to the messages automatically sent by the Internet bot (the bot server 1), the present invention is, in the second embodiment, applied to messages that are sent and received between the
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FIG. 7A is a diagram schematically illustrating an example configuration of a messaging system SB according to one embodiment. InFIG. 7A , the same components asFIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference signs. As shown inFIG. 7A , the messaging system SB includes themessage management server 2, and the plurality ofuser terminals 3. Themessage management server 2 and theuser terminals 3 are capable of transmitting and receiving data with each other over the network NW. A configuration of themessage management server 2 is the same as the configuration shown inFIG. 3A . Functional blocks of thesystem controller 11 in themessage management server 2 are the same as the functional blocks shown inFIG. 3B . - When relaying a message sent from a
user terminal 3 to anotheruser terminal 3, themessage management server 2 divides this message into a plurality of partial messages and sends the plurality of partial messages one by one.FIG. 7B is a diagram schematically illustrating an example operation of the messaging system SB. For example, as shown inFIG. 7B , a user of a user terminal 3-3 enters amessage 210 that is to be sent to a user of a user terminal 3-4. The user terminal 3-3 sends themessage 210 to themessage management server 2. When a length of themessage 210 is equal to or less than the threshold, themessage management server 2 sends themessage 210 without any change to the user terminal 3-4. On the other hand, when the length of themessage 210 is more than the threshold, themessage management server 2 divides themessage 210 into, for example,partial messages 211 to 213 that each have a length equal to or less than the partial message length upper limit. Themessage management server 2 puts thepartial messages 211 to 213 inqueue 11 d. Themessage management server 2 takes thepartial message 211 out of thequeue 11 d and sends thepartial message 211 to the user terminal 3-4. After receiving read information from the user terminal 3-4, the message management server takes thepartial message 212 out of the queue and sends thepartial message 212 to the user terminal 3-4. After further receiving read information from the user terminal 3-4, the message management server takes thepartial message 213 out of the queue and sends thepartial message 213 to the user terminal 3-4. - As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can see, without manual scrolling, the whole of the message that is sent and received between the
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